Security News > 2022 > February > Key drivers for the shift to public DNS resolvers

Customers are increasingly turning away from private DNS resolvers and going for large cloud-based public DNS resolvers instead. What are the security concerns driving customers to public DNS resolvers?

Better security and privacy are identified as key drivers for this shift to public DNS resolvers.

The public DNS resolvers typically support the newest DNS protocols, which encrypt DNS queries for instance.

On the contrary, traditional private DNS resolvers use older protocols, and do not encrypt DNS queries, which translates into risks for the end-user.

Blocking of content by private DNS resolvers and service outages by the private DNS resolvers are other important reasons why consumers make the configuration change.

ENISA assesses the shift in the DNS resolution market toward public DNS resolution and assesses the cybersecurity impact.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/02/17/public-dns-resolvers-security/